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If you love the sight of wispy
coconut palms swaying in the breeze...
the feel of soft white sand under your bare feet..
the gash of birds vivid against the blue sky...
the play of green shadows in the forest..
the infinite variety of underwater marine life ..
you will enjoy visiting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands also known as
the Emerald Islands.
An archipelago of 572 islands adrift in the Bay of Bengal, the union
territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands stretches over an area of
more than 700 sq. kms.
Since pre - historic times aboriginal tribes have lived on these islands.
The Andaman group is inhabited by tribes of Negrito origin, while the
Nicobar Islands are inhabited by the Mongloid stock. The first settlement
of the British took place in 1789 and later in 1858 it became a penal
settlement.
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